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same class of work-people who were formerly employed 

 with mill-work. 



The Nonpareil Diffusion Machinery proper may be 

 briefly summed up as follows : — 



4 Cane Slicing Machines, with shafting, gearing, knives, and knife- 

 boxes complete. 



3 Stotz's Elevators. 



1 Double Steam Engine. 



2 Large Circular Diffusion Batteries, comprising 30 cells, 30 juice 

 heaters, with valves and piping complete, supported on columns and 

 girders, together with hoppers and travelling shoots for filling the cells 

 with chips; and other special fittings. 



2 Automatic Turn-Table Schnitzel Removers with drag- carrier from 

 battery to mill. 



1 High Level Force Pump, with High Level Tank for water supply 

 to the batteries. 



2 Air-Compressors, with receiver. 



With regard to the expe6lation that annoyance, in- 

 convenience and loss of time would probably be experi- 

 enced in sharpening the Slicing Knives, I have to say 

 that it is simply a question of a little extra labour, apart 

 altogether from the running of the Slicing Machines, and 

 an entire set of knives can be replaced in aboL.t two or 

 three minutes. 



Now, gentlemen, I must not weary you, nor exceed 

 the reasonable limits of a purely popular and non- 

 scientific paper such as this is intended to be. At the 

 same time I must remind yon that the conclusions I have 

 placed before you are pra6lical, and so far as I know 

 thoroughly reliable — and I trust they may be useful to 

 anyone endeavouring to establish a comparison for him- 

 self between Single, Double, or Triple Crushing and 

 Diffusion, 



In the light of my own experiences, were I an 



